Nitish Pahwa
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staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social
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Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
· Nov 24
wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...
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This is brutal.
America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is brutal.
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Imagine telling someone in August this is where the coaching cycle was gonna end up...
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Imagine telling someone in August this is where the coaching cycle was gonna end up...
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Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis on the set of Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 🎺
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis on the set of Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 🎺
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Unlike anything ever done or seen before!
December 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Unlike anything ever done or seen before!
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Zion is just so sudden
December 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Zion is just so sudden
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Weather pattern shifted northeast. NYC gets spared of the worst snow. www.weather.gov/media/okx/DS...
www.weather.gov
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Weather pattern shifted northeast. NYC gets spared of the worst snow. www.weather.gov/media/okx/DS...
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I viscerally hate him. He’s going to veto a ton of good legislation including the street vending bill essentially out of spite. The transition period is much too long.
"I think the response to that article is happy new years and have a good time," Adams said just now at a weather briefing at Gracie Mansion when asked about our reporting on his likely forthcoming vetoes.
New: Before he leaves office next week, Mayor Adams is likely to veto another roughly 20 City Council bills that carry big policy implications for issues ranging from housing development & street vending to immigration & police accountability, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/26/m...
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I viscerally hate him. He’s going to veto a ton of good legislation including the street vending bill essentially out of spite. The transition period is much too long.
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"Free" by Sault
Album: "Untitled (Rise)"
Time: 5:56 pm
Album: "Untitled (Rise)"
Time: 5:56 pm
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Free" by Sault
Album: "Untitled (Rise)"
Time: 5:56 pm
Album: "Untitled (Rise)"
Time: 5:56 pm
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There she is! The last drainpipe to Brooklyn! We step up onto that platform, open the valves, and we go Brooklyn bound!
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There she is! The last drainpipe to Brooklyn! We step up onto that platform, open the valves, and we go Brooklyn bound!
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Not sure I can prove it empirically but I am pretty convinced that the extremely visible, inarguable, on-camera declines of two presidents in a row have changed how people talk about the age of any important new hire in anything. Including CFB
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Not sure I can prove it empirically but I am pretty convinced that the extremely visible, inarguable, on-camera declines of two presidents in a row have changed how people talk about the age of any important new hire in anything. Including CFB
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Speaks to something deeply wrong with capitalism that Lampert was allowed to annihilate the value of this company to less than nothing while still walking away with hundreds of millions in profits for himself from the saga.
Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate.
Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Speaks to something deeply wrong with capitalism that Lampert was allowed to annihilate the value of this company to less than nothing while still walking away with hundreds of millions in profits for himself from the saga.
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Please share this fundraiser for Nat Horne — a trailblazing dancer, original Alvin Ailey member, 12‑time Broadway performer, and founder of NYC’s first integrated acting‑singing‑dance school on Theatre Row. His legacy shaped generations of artists. #NatHorne #Dancesky
gofund.me/af417c00f
gofund.me/af417c00f
Donate to Support Nat Horne: Help Keep A Legend at Home, organized by Team Nat Horne
There are people who make your street a neighborhood. Soon-to-be 96 year… Team Nat Horne needs your support for Support Nat Horne: Help Keep A Legend at Home
gofund.me
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Please share this fundraiser for Nat Horne — a trailblazing dancer, original Alvin Ailey member, 12‑time Broadway performer, and founder of NYC’s first integrated acting‑singing‑dance school on Theatre Row. His legacy shaped generations of artists. #NatHorne #Dancesky
gofund.me/af417c00f
gofund.me/af417c00f
honored to have contributed to POW's end-of-year lists once again, this time with a lil blurb about BabyChiefDoIt's "WENT WEST." albums list out tomorrow; tap in!
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
honored to have contributed to POW's end-of-year lists once again, this time with a lil blurb about BabyChiefDoIt's "WENT WEST." albums list out tomorrow; tap in!
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If the Lions don't ban this guy then the transformation into Dogshit Franchise will be complete. They're already on the skids for so much, maybe win a Superbowl before you turn into the most despised fanbase in the league. At least the Eagles fans have some Championships!
Here is the Lions fan code of conduct. The team found no violation and does not plan to action against the fan, who identified himself to the @freep.com as Ryan Kennedy. But the NFL is now following up with the team after hearing from DK Metcalf and others in his appeal hearing.
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If the Lions don't ban this guy then the transformation into Dogshit Franchise will be complete. They're already on the skids for so much, maybe win a Superbowl before you turn into the most despised fanbase in the league. At least the Eagles fans have some Championships!
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‘Perhaps one in ten West Papuans has been a refugee in the last five years.
By clearing Indigenous people from their land, the TNI both eases the extraction process and seeds future conflict: displacement allows extraction which leads to further displacement.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
By clearing Indigenous people from their land, the TNI both eases the extraction process and seeds future conflict: displacement allows extraction which leads to further displacement.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Douglas Gerrard | Escalation in West Papua
The conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‘Perhaps one in ten West Papuans has been a refugee in the last five years.
By clearing Indigenous people from their land, the TNI both eases the extraction process and seeds future conflict: displacement allows extraction which leads to further displacement.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
By clearing Indigenous people from their land, the TNI both eases the extraction process and seeds future conflict: displacement allows extraction which leads to further displacement.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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gotta let em know! youtu.be/f8cHxydDb7o
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
gotta let em know! youtu.be/f8cHxydDb7o
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 AM
CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
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ICP was infinitely better for rap than Drake.
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
ICP was infinitely better for rap than Drake.
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Andrew Hill, "Ocho Rios (1st version)," recorded 1/16/70, with Hill on piano, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on tenor & flute, Pat Patrick on alto & flute, @RonCarterBass, and Paul Motian on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCI...
Ocho Rios (2005 Digital Remaster; First Version)
YouTube video by Andrew Hill - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Andrew Hill, "Ocho Rios (1st version)," recorded 1/16/70, with Hill on piano, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on tenor & flute, Pat Patrick on alto & flute, @RonCarterBass, and Paul Motian on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCI...
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It really is about the notes you don’t play
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It really is about the notes you don’t play
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the old white Boomers who run the entire tristate GOP and the LI/Westchester/NJ Dems live in such an epistemic bubble that they genuinely don't realize this kind of constant subway/city crime panic makes you seem like an actual paranoid insane person to the average tristate adult under 50
It’s actually incredible how little juice the Republican running against Hochul has. just boomer crimeslop-posting
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the old white Boomers who run the entire tristate GOP and the LI/Westchester/NJ Dems live in such an epistemic bubble that they genuinely don't realize this kind of constant subway/city crime panic makes you seem like an actual paranoid insane person to the average tristate adult under 50
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[September 22nd, 1980] 4:00 AM AST: Saddam’s declaration: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accuses Iran of “unlawful” actions and declares that Iran’s earlier closure of the Strait of Hormuz amounted to a “declaration of war.” (This was communicated in early-morning radio statements
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
[September 22nd, 1980] 4:00 AM AST: Saddam’s declaration: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accuses Iran of “unlawful” actions and declares that Iran’s earlier closure of the Strait of Hormuz amounted to a “declaration of war.” (This was communicated in early-morning radio statements